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ACIDS VERSUS TRADITIONAL I Arcieri:, G Win rone., Depar 9sent of Hedicine
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LIPIDS IN TPN.
II Caotagnet;, G Gaabassi* Catholic University Rose
Italy
Jy-products of , A-qxidation when as In I-oxidation II airlent, However #onocarboxylic acids oneaoxidable mediur-chain *P. peroxisolialcarni ine independent litochondrialand c toplaslattic evi 4 ence exists of in total parenteral 4 le use as energy substrate B-oxidation. For this reaso",ue su posed their posse (IL) infusion.Along 9 erent response to NCDFA versus Intralipid the dlf nutrition and investigated
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P.44 HYDROLYSIS OF ALANYL-L-GLUTAMINE
~ALH GLN) AND ACETYL-L-GLUTAMINE (AC-GLN) IN VARIOUS TISSUES OF RATS AND OF MAN. S. PBssler, A. GrUnfeld, 0. Berthold, M. Neuhzuser-Berthold. Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitzt, Mainz, FRG.
ALA-GLN and AC-GLN are presently being discussed as glutamine source for parenteral nutrition. In this study hydrolysis capacity of various tissues for ALA-GLN and AC-GLN in rats and in man were compared. Method: Peptidase activity was estimated by applying a ninhydrin assay. Buffered solutlons of ALA-GLN and AC-GLN were added to various tissue homogenates. After incubation for different time intervals the reaction was stopped. Hydrolysis was measured by the increase of extinction due to degradation of GLY-GLN and AC-GLN to the constituent free amino acids. Vmax and Km were calculated from plotting the initial velocity of the reaction against the substrate concentration according to Hofstee. Results:
Vmax: ,umol/min*g tissue
Km: mmol/l
liver kidney muscle lung plasma
ALA-GLN rat man 61 356 615 492 ,6 12 56 89 -02 .2
ALA-GLN man rat 1.7 1.0 11 1:; 1'3 ;, ;:; ,:2
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AC-GLN rat man 10.6 13.4 !0:8 -_-__-_
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Ccnclusions: The results show that hydrolysis activity is much higher for ALA-GLN than fbr AC-GLN. These data also encourage to transfer results obtained from long-term infusion studies in rats to man.
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